State v. . Bryant

The record discloses error affecting substantive rights of the defendant which necessitates a trial de novo.

Defendant excepts, inter alia: (1) To the failure of the court to declare and explain the law arising on the evidence'in the case. (2) To that portion of the charge, after stating the principle with respect to the right of a man, who without fault himself is murderously assaulted, to stand his ground and fight in self-defense, in which the court summed up as follows: “In order to have the benefit of this principle of law, the defendant must show that he was free from blame in the…